EP0966756A2 - Procede d'implantation ionique - Google Patents

Procede d'implantation ionique

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EP0966756A2
EP0966756A2 EP98954693A EP98954693A EP0966756A2 EP 0966756 A2 EP0966756 A2 EP 0966756A2 EP 98954693 A EP98954693 A EP 98954693A EP 98954693 A EP98954693 A EP 98954693A EP 0966756 A2 EP0966756 A2 EP 0966756A2
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Martin John Powell
Carl Glasse
Barry Forester Martin
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10P30/00—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices
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    • H10P30/00—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P30/20—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping
    • H10P30/21—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping of electrically active species
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10P30/00—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P30/20—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping
    • H10P30/202—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping characterised by the semiconductor materials
    • H10P30/204—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping characterised by the semiconductor materials into Group IV semiconductors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10P30/00—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P30/20—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping
    • H10P30/225—Ion implantation into wafers, substrates or parts of devices into semiconductor materials, e.g. for doping of a molecular ion, e.g. decaborane
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/01—Manufacture or treatment
    • H10D30/021—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET]
    • H10D30/031—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET] of thin-film transistors [TFT]
    • H10D30/0312—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET] of thin-film transistors [TFT] characterised by the gate electrodes
    • H10D30/0314—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET] of thin-film transistors [TFT] characterised by the gate electrodes of lateral top-gate TFTs comprising only a single gate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/01—Manufacture or treatment
    • H10D30/021—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET]
    • H10D30/031—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET] of thin-film transistors [TFT]
    • H10D30/0321—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having insulated gates [IGFET] of thin-film transistors [TFT] comprising silicon, e.g. amorphous silicon or polysilicon

Definitions

  • This invention relates to an ion implantation process, particularly ion implantation of phosphorus into a semiconductor substrate using ion implanting equipment having mass separation.
  • Ion implantation is an important technique used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. Ion shower systems are commonly used for implantation into a larger area of semiconductor material. Alternatively, an ion implantation apparatus is known using mass-analysed ion implantation, which effects selection by mass of ions desired for implantation into the semiconductor substrate.
  • a mass spectrometer typically performs the mass separation using a static magnetic field generated by an electron magnet, wherein selected ion species are obtained by controlling the electric current in the magnetic coil so that the selected ion species pass through a resolving slit. Mass separation is suitable for narrow ion implantation beams, which can be scanned to cover a large area semiconductor layer.
  • phosphorus One common donor atom implanted into semiconductor material to create an n-type doped semiconductor is phosphorus, and it is known to use an ion source of phosphine (PH 3 ) for phosphorus doping.
  • PH 3 phosphine
  • a problem with conventional ion shower implantation is that a number of ion species are implanted into the semiconductor substrate during the implantation process.
  • Mass separation systems may also not have the resolution to discriminate between individual ion species.
  • phosphorus hydride ions present in ionised phosphine
  • have very similar atomic masses to phosphorus ions so that accurate mass analysis is required in order to separate the phosphorus ion species.
  • Implantation of some hydrides may not be considered to be a problem, particularly in the case of poly-silicon or single crystal silicon semiconductor substrates. However, for doping of amorphous silicon layers the effects of hydride impurities is more pronounced. It has been recognised that implantation of hydrogen ions should be avoided, and the ion implantation system described in US 4,533,831 seeks to avoid implantation of hydrogen ions. This is achieved generally by separating heavier ions from lighter ions. 5 US 4, 533,831 does not eliminate the implantation of phosphorus hydride ions.
  • an ion implantation process comprising performing mass separation of ions from an ionised source of phosphorus so as to select P 2 ions and reject phosphorus hydride ion ⁇ o species and implanting the P 2 ions into a semiconductor material.
  • the implantation process of the invention selects P 2 ions.
  • a phosphine (PH 3 ) ion source When beam current analysis is performed on the ion species derived from a phosphine (PH 3 ) ion source, it is revealed that there are no hydride ions surrounding (on the mass axis) the P 2 ion species. Consequently, a rough mass separation
  • the 15 procedure may enable efficient separation of the P 2 ions, with the result that the ion implantation process can be controlled to eliminate any hydrogen implantation into the semiconductor substrate.
  • the invention is therefore particularly suited to the use of gaseous phosphine as the ion source and which is readily available and already conventionally used in phosphorus implantation
  • the invention provides particular advantages for implantation into amorphous silicon, because it has been found that the introduction even of hydride ions into amorphous silicon significantly deteriorates the properties of the amorphous silicon semiconductor devices.
  • the invention also provides a method of manufacturing thin film transistors using an ion implantation process of the invention, in particular, the ion implantation process is used to define drain and source regions of the thin film transistors in an amorphous silicon layer.
  • the invention relates to ion implantation for doping of phosphorus into a semiconductor substrate, so as to produce n-type doped semiconductor material.
  • a known source of phosphorus ions is phosphine (PH 3 ), and ionisation of a phosphine source results in the ion species shown in Figure 1 , which plots the beam current of the particular species against the effective mass (atomic mass divided by charge).
  • a non-linear scale is used for the effective mass axis, and no values for beam current are given- the height of the peaks of the Figure are for comparison purposes only.
  • the ion species of greatest interest in Figure 1 are the P + and P 2 + ion species, although phosphorus hydride ions (PH + , PH 2 + , PH 3 + ) are also present as well as well as hydrogen ions (H + , H 2 + , H 3 + ) and other phosphorus species (P 3 + , P 4 + ).
  • the P + ion is selected using mass separation, and all other ion species are rejected.
  • the mass separation equipment must be capable of distinguishing between a PH + ion (atomic mass 32) and a P + ion (atomic mass 31).
  • an ion shower system results in doping of all ion species without mass selection.
  • the mass separation may be performed by conventional techniques, and a conventional mass-analysis ion implantation apparatus employing a mass spectrometer and producing a narrow ion implantation beam for scanning over a semiconductor material may be controlled to perform the implantation process of the invention.
  • a conventional mass-analysis ion implantation apparatus employing a mass spectrometer and producing a narrow ion implantation beam for scanning over a semiconductor material may be controlled to perform the implantation process of the invention.
  • the details of such an apparatus will not be described in this description, as those skilled in the art of silicon processing will be aware of the available alternatives.
  • the section of P 2 ions also enables lower energy implantation to be performed by a given ion implantation apparatus.
  • a conventional ion implantation apparatus may operate at 20kV, and the efficiency of the apparatus will drop significantly if the operating voltage is greatly reduced.
  • the use of the single-charge P 2 + phosphorus ion pair enables the implantation depth to be reduced so that the apparatus is operating in the same manner as a 10kV implantation process selecting individual P + phosphorus ions.
  • the reduced implantation depth is desirable for implantation of thin film semiconductor layers and may also prevent contamination of the substrate beneath the semiconductor layers.
  • the implantation apparatus can operate at the optimum operating voltage for a reduced implant depth. Operation at the ideal operating voltage results in increased beam currents, and a consequent reduction in the implantation time required.
  • the implantation time is further reduced.
  • the problem of hydrogen implantation is particularly significant for amorphous silicon semiconductor devices.
  • the doping concentration required for the manufacture of amorphous silicon semiconductor devices is much greater than the doping requirement for poly- silicon semiconductor devices.
  • a typical doping concentration for amorphous silicon TFTs is 10 16 ions per cm 2 , compared with 10 12 to 10 13 ions per cm 2 for poly-silicon. A possible reduction in the implantation time therefore becomes important, as well as the need to reduce the implantation of unwanted impurities.
  • One particular application of the ion implantation described above is the manufacture of thin film transistors, and the ion implantation process is then particularly suited for defining drain and source regions of amorphous silicon thin film transistors.

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Abstract

Un procédé d'implantation ionique consiste à effectuer la séparation des masses à partir d'une source ionisée de phosphore de manière à sélectionner les ions P2 et à rejeter les espèces d'ions hybrides du phosphore. Les ions P2 sont injectés dans un substrat semi-conducteur. Le rejet des espèces d'ions hybrides du phosphore est facilité du fait qu'il n'y a pas de telles espèces proches (en termes de masse effective) de l'espèce d'ions P2. L'utilisation de l'espèce d'ions P2 permet également d'améliorer le procédé d'implantation à de faibles profondeurs d'implantation.
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